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PHOTO – CHICAGO – MARY HARTLINE – CHILDREN’S TELEVISION HEARTTHROB OF THE EARLY 1950s – ONE OF THE FIRST BIG STARS OF EARLY TELEVISION – THIS STUDIO PORTRAIT BEFORE HER CAREER TOOK OFF HAS THE “LAUREN BACALL” LOOK – NOTE HER TRADEMARK PLATINUM WAVY HAIR IS MISSING – LATE 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH AT STATE STREET – LOOKING NE FROM ELEVATION – CROWDS – CARS – STREETCARS – ONE STREETCAR TURNING S INTO STATE – MARSHALL FIELD DEPARTMENT STORE CLOCK UPPER RIGHT – NOTE THE LINE OF CARS PARKED NEAR MARSHALL FIELD’S MARQUEE – “EL” (ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT) STATION ON WABASH IN BACKGROUND – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – A BIT OF MOSCOW RESTAURANT – 18 N CLARK – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – “DINE AND DANCE” “NO COVER CHARGE” – c1920 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – DRIVER AND NEDLOG BEVERAGE TRUCK – UNKNOWN LOCATION – SNAPSHOT – NEDLOG WAS A LOCAL BOTTLER OF NON-CARBONATED SOFT DRINKS – LATE 1950s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – “AMERICAN INDIAN EQUESTRIAN STATUE” – SCULPTOR IVAN MESTROVIC – ERECTED IN GRANT PARK – THERE ARE TWO OF THESE HUGE AND STRIKING STATUES – A BOWMAN AND A SPEARMAN FACING EACH OTHER AT A DISTANCE IN CONGRESS PLAZA IN GRANT PARK ON MICHIGAN AVE – PART OF A SERIES ON ARTWORKS BY THE ART INSTITUTE – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO WORLD’S FAIR (ITS SECOND FAIR) – A CENTURY OF PROGRESS – NORTHERLY ISLAND AREA – CHRYSLER MOTORS BUILDING – NIGHT UNDER LIGHTS – 1933-34 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MANDEL BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE – STATE AND MADISON AND E TO WABASH – STREET VIEW PANORAMA – THREE-QUARTER VIEW SOMEWHAT ELEVATED -TINTED – NICE VERSION – LATE 1910s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM JACKSON BLVD GROUND LEVEL ON SIDEWALK E SIDE OF MICHIGAN – ESPECIALLY NICE BUILDING PANORAMA – PEDESTRIANS – CARS – CTA BUS PULLED UP – THE COKE SIGN – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION (JUST A HINT ABOVE ART INSTITUTE ROOF AND THROUGH TREES) – I DON’T KNOW, BUT IT “FEELS” LIKE A SATURDAY – A VERY APPEALING PHOTO WHICH STRONGLY CAPTURES TIME AND PLACE – 1953 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVER AND WACKER DRIVE AT WABASH BRIDGE (BOTTOM CENTER) AND SURROUNDINGS – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING E – NOTE: RAIL YARD AND SHEDS ALONG N SIDE OF RIVER AND HYDROX ICE CREAM SIGN JUST BEHIND – JEWELERS’ BUILDING ON RIGHT (1927) – WRIGLEY BUILDING (1924) LEFT CENTER – TINTED – LATE 1920s 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MADISON STREET – E FROM 5TH AVE (NOTE: FROM 1879 TO 1912, WELLS STREET WAS CALLED 5TH AVE, A NAME YOU WILL SEE ON OTHER POSTCARDS – THE STREET HAD GAINED A BAD REPUTATION AND WELLS WAS NAMED FOR A CAPTAIN KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF FORT DEARBORN SO THE RENAMING PROTECTED HIS REPUTATION AND REVEALED SOMETHING ABOUT THE CITY’S SENSIBILITIES FOR SURE) – SLIGHTLY ELEVATED VIEW – CABLE CARS – WAGONS – VOGELSANG RESTAURANT – CROWDS – TINTED – c1905 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WELL-DRESSED WOMAN PLEASANTLY PEEKING THROUGH HER SCARF ON AN UNKNOWN STREET – I LIKE THE SMILE IN HER EYES – EARLY STAGE OF THE GREAT BLIZZARD OF 1967 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – VERNON AVE N OF 71ST STREET (NOTE THE 7 WAS WAS WRITTEN REVERSED) – GRAND CROSSING NEIGHBORHOOD – A FAIRLY REPRESENTATIVE STREET IN A NUMBER OF SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH PARKWAYS AND TREE-LINED – TWO- AND THREE-FLOOR BRICK WALK-UPS (NOTE: HALF-BASEMENT APARTMENT WINDOWS LOWER RIGHT) – BRICK WAS THE CITY’S DOMINANT BUILDING MATERIAL – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL LA SALLE – LA SALLE AND MADISON – THE RED ROOM – THE VERY HEIGHT OF OLD-FASHIONED BELLE ÉPOQUE HOTEL ELEGANCE – ITS ONLY REAL COMPETITOR FOR THIS QUALITY WAS I THINK THE BLACKSTONE – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL LA SALLE – LA SALLE AND MADISON – THE EAST ROOM – VERY NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE HOTEL – ENTRANCE – NIGHT – NOTE: INSTEAD OF EARLIER “HOTEL LA SALLE” IT HAS BECOME “LA SALLE HOTEL” – LA SALLE AND MADISON – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MADISON STREET BRIDGE – CHICAGO RIVER – SLIGHTLY ELEVATED – CROWDED WITH PEOPLE WAGONS HORSES – NOTE THE BRIDGE-TURNING STRUCTURE RIGHT BOTTOM IN THE RIVER – TINTED – 1906 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE RAISED – STEAMER AND TUG BOAT – WATER LEVEL – TINTED – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WACKER DRIVE AND CHICAGO RIVER – AERIAL LOOKING E TOWARDS LAKE – TINTED – 1931 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL BREVOORT – 143 MADISON STREET – GROUND LEVEL FROM ACROSS STREET – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MADISON GROUND LEVEL – CROWDS – TWO TYPES OF STREETCARS – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE ON RIGHT EDGE – MANDEL BROTHERS’ DEPARTMENT STORE CENTER RIGHT WITH RED-AND-WHITE STRIPED AWNINGS – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MADISON STREET – LOOKING W FROM STATE STREET – ELEVATED – MCVICKERS THEATER – STATE MADISON BUILDING WITH CLOCK (N W CORNER ON STATE) – MARQUEE AT LOWER RIGHT IS MANDEL BROTHERS’ DEPARTMENT STORE (N E CORNER ON STATE) – PART OF SERIES FOR CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BOULEVARD LINK CONNECTING LAKE SHORE DRIVE AND UPPER MICHIGAN AVE – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING S – DRAKE HOTEL – OAK STREET BEACH – NAVY PIER IN DISTANCE ON LEFT – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1944 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE FLAMINGO APARTMENT-HOTEL (A FAIRLY COMMON COMBINATION IN THE PERIOD) – 55TH STREET AT THE LAKE – DINING ROOM – FOOD SHOP – SODA FOUNTAIN – 144 APARTMENT SUITES – 16 HOTEL ROOMS WITH BATH – OPENED 1927 – TINTED – 1928 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DREXEL BLVD – WASHINGTON EQUESTRIAN STATUE – HANDSOME APARTMENT BUILDINGS ACROSS THE STREET – STREET LEVEL – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – INDIANA AVE AND 54TH STREET – HANDSOME APARTMENT BUILDINGS – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLONIAL HOTEL – MONROE AND 63RD STREET – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE LOOKING N FROM RIVER – NIGHT – AERIAL – MAX RIGOT – TINTED – VERY NICE VERSION – LATE 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AUTOMOBILE SHOW – PACKARD CONVERTIBLE 1950 – BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED-UP MODEL STANDING NEXT TO IT – ELABORATE STAGING BEHIND AS THOUGH FOR A MUSICAL PRODUCTION – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA SKOKIE SWIFT COMMUTER TRAIN AT DEMPSTER STATION – EARLY MORNING HOURS – LIGHT SNOW ON THE GROUND – PHOTO HAS A KIND OF ROMANTIC FEEL TO IT I LIKE – 1974 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER BRIDGES ALL UP AS IN SALUTE – FOR UNKNOWN BOATS – WATER-LEVEL VIEW – 1972 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MISS CHICAGO 1926, MAE GREENE – JUDGING BY HER SASH THE CONTEST WAS HELD AT THE BEAUTIFUL TRIANON BALLROOM – HER CROWN WAS DESIGNED MUCH ALONG THE LINES OF WOMEN’S FASHIONABLE HEADGEAR OF THE 1920s – NOTE: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THOSE FASHIONS LOOKED LIKE, SEE “CHUCKMAN’S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: 1920s ARCADE CARD BEAUTIES – THEIR CHARM AND GRACE AND WHIMSY” AT: https://chuckman1920sarcadecardbeauties.wordpress.com/ Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE TAP ROOM – STEVENS HOTEL (THEN THE WORLD’S LARGEST HOTEL – OPENED 1927 – IT BECAME THE CONRAD HILTON IN 1945) – 720 S MICHIGAN AVE AT CONGRESS – PEOPLE AT TABLES AND BAR – I LOVE THE TONE OF THIS PICTURE – IT RESEMBLES A FUN MOVIE SCENE – NICE VERSION – c1940 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – FIRST 3-WHEELER POLICE MOTORCYCLE – THESE BECAME A COMMON SIGHT IN THE 1950s (IN THE MID-1960s MY BROTHER BILL HAD A USED ONE – HE ONCE RODE IT TO TORONTO FOR A VISIT – I BOUGHT HIM A HELMET AND SENT IT TO HIM WITH “BEAST” IN SMALL GOLD DECALS ACROSS THE FRONT) – SHOPPING CROWDS – STATE AND MADISON – IN BACKGROUND ON LEFT IS I BELIEVE THE STATE-MADISON BUILDING WITH A PART OF ITS BEAUTIFUL OVERHEAD CORNER CLOCK VISIBLE – IF SO, WE ARE LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – 1948 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING NW GROUND LEVEL IN GRANT PARK ACROSS FROM BLACKSTONE HOTEL – ART INSTITUTE IN DISTANCE ON LOWER RIGHT – NOTE NO TREES ON EDGE OF PARK – DRAMATIC CLOUDS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE TOM JONES RESTAURANT – 175-177 JACKSON BLVD AND 118-120 QUINCY STREET – BEAUTIFUL PROFILE PORTRAIT OF ACTRESS OR SINGER NAMED CLEO – EMBOSSED – 1904 PORTRAIT Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET STATION – CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE AND SOUTH BEND COMMUTER TRAIN – SNOW ON GROUND – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING – 1964 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE – LOOKING N ELEVATED FROM S SIDE OF RIVER – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MILWAUKEE AVE AND BELLE PLAINE AVE – SLIGHTLY ELEVATED LOOKING TOWARDS PORTAGE THEATER (4050 N MILWAUKEE) AND SIX CORNERS – STREETCAR – CARS – NICE VERSION – 1924 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE RIENZI – CLARK AND DIVERSEY BLVD – SUMMER GARDEN RESTAURANT – OUTDOOR CONCERTS – c1910 Leave a comment
ARCADE CARD – CHICAGO – JOKE CARTOON OF WOMAN ON STREETCAR NEAR STEPS AND MAN MISSING THE GRAB-BAR HANDLE TRYING TO GET ON – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY OF CHICAGO – A HUGE PUBLISHER OF VARIOUS KINDS OF ARCADE CARDS – LIKELY 1920s Leave a comment
TRANSFER – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SURFACE LINES (CSL) STREETCAR – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – 1933-34 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GEORGE HESSBERGER’S HEIDELBERGER FASS RESTAURANT – 4300 LINCOLN AVE – 4 IMAGES – “YOUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME” – “MIT GOOD GERMAN FOOD UND DRINKS” – 1977 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GOLDEN OX RESTAURANT – 1578-80 CLYBOURN AVE – “ON NEAR NORTH SIDE” – “RECOMMENDED BY DUNCAN HINES” – FIVE IMAGES INCLUDING ZITHER PLAYER – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1951 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HARRY’S NEW YORKER – 400 N WABASH – DINING ROOM AND DANCE FLOOR INTERIOR – “ONLY THREE FLOOR NIGHT CLUB IN THE WORLD” – “FOUR FLOOR SHOWS NIGHTLY” – “ELEVATING STAGE” – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MATH IGLER’S CASINO RESTAURANT – 1627-29 MELROSE STREET – “HOME OF THE SINGING WAITERS” – 4 IMAGES AND MAP – TINTED – 1956 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HARDING’S PRESIDENTIAL GRILL – 109 W MADISON – “JUST WONDERFUL FOOD” – “SERVICE 8 AM TO 9 PM DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY” – “MOUNT RUSHMORE” AND A DINING ROOM DO SEEM AN ODD COMBINATION TO ADVERTISE – OTHER HARDING’S RESTAURANTS (HARDING’S WAS A SMALL LOCAL CHAIN) DID NOT TAKE SUCH AN APPROACH AND THEY HAD PRETTY GOOD FOOD – TINTED – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – EVENING WITH COLORED LIGHTS – 1953 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – APARTMENT BUILDING – BACKYARD FIRE ESCAPES – NOTE CLOTHES LINES – LOCATION UNKNOWN – WE CERTAINLY DIDN’T HAVE THAT KIND OF SET-UP IN ANY OF THE APARTMENTS WHERE I LIVED – 1956 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – SEE READER COMMENT ABOUT LOCATION 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PRINCESS MARY HARTLINE – IN A COSTUME ON A SET FOR ONE OF HER TELEVISION SHOWS FOR CHILDREN – SHE BECAME A BIG EARLY TELEVISION STAR – WE THOUGHT HER DELIGHTFUL – EARLY 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – CRAB APPLE TREES NEAR MICHIGAN AVE IN BLOSSOM – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – NOTE PRUDENTIAL BUILDING UNFINISHED – IT OPENED AT THE END OF 1955 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL TOWARDS PRUDENTIAL BUILDING – PART OF “CITY BEAUTIFUL” SERIES – c1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – FLOWER BEDS – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING NW – PART OF “CITY BEAUTIFUL” SERIES – c1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE THEATRE – 137 W MADISON – STAGE SCENE OF PLAY “THE FLIRTING PRINCESS” WITH ADELE ROWLAND AND HARRY PILCER AND THE THEATRE’S “PERFECT SHOW GIRLS” – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACQUES FRENCH RESTAURANT- 900 N MICHIGAN – THE CHATEAU ROOM – INTERIOR FILLED WITH PEOPLE – UNDOUBTEDLY A POSED PHOTO WITH MODELS – JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE WOMEN’S HAIRSTYLES – “A FAVORITE FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS” Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – YE BALTIMORE INN – RESTAURANT DINING ROOM INTERIOR – QUINCY STREET BETWEEN STATE AND DEARBORN – TINTED – 1914 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – KITTY BUCKLEY RESTAURANT – 2415 CARMEN AVE – “CONNOISSEUR OF GOOD FOODS” – EXTERIOR STREET LEVEL – ORIGINALLY THIS WAS A COTTAGE ON FARMLAND – SHE WAS STILL IN BUSINESS IN 1961 WHEN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE DID A REVIEW – OPENED IN 1924 – 1920s 3 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ZUM DEUTSCHEN ECK RESTAURANT – 2914-2924 N SOUTHPORT AVE – “IMPORTED BEERS ON TAP” – “SING-ALONG ON FRIDAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHTS” – 1969 Leave a comment
CUP – CHICAGO – HENRICI CAFETERIA – BEFORE HE HAD A RESTAURANT ON RANDOLPH, PHILIP HENRICI STARTED A COFFEE SHOP ON STATE STREET ACROSS FROM MARSHALL FIELD’S – I DON’T KNOW WHETHER THE CUP IS FROM THERE – BUT THE RESTAURANT WAS CALLED A CAFE AND NOT A CAFETERIA AS WE SEE ON THIS CUP’S LOGO – WHATEVER THE CASE, HENRICI’S WAS ONE OF THE CITY’S MOST BELOVED SPOTS FOR DECADES – I BELIEVE MAYOR RICHARD J DALEY USED TO HOLD BREAKFAST MEETINGS THERE Leave a comment
TOKEN – CHICAGO – EDELWEISS RESTAURANT – 104-106 MADISON – FIVE CENTS – YOU CAN SEE A SIGN FOR EDELWEISS ON A NUMBER OF OLD POSTCARDS Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GAYETY THEATER AND ITS ADJOINING CANDY AND ICE CREAM SHOP – 9205 S COMMERCIAL AVE – SOUTH CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD – SNAPSHOT – GROUND LEVEL FROM ACROSS THE STREET – NOTE: TYPICAL OF MANY SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS WITH THEIR CANDY SHOPS AND/OR SODA FOUNTAINS – IT WOULD BE HARD TO OVEREMPHASIZE THEIR IMPORTANCE IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES – THERE IS NOTHING COMPARABLE TO THEM TODAY – URBAN SOCIAL LIFE AND STREETSCAPES HAVE SUFFERED GREATLY FOR THE CHANGE – LATE 1940s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET STATION – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING IN BACKGROUND – CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE AND SOUTH BEND COMMUTER TRAIN WAITING AT PLATFORM – NOTE: THE RAIL LINE IS OFTEN CALLED “THE SOUTH SHORE LINE” AND ITS OPENING DATES BACK TO 1908 – SOME EARLY COMMUTER LINES SERVING CHICAGO WERE QUITE ADVANCED IN BEING ELECTRIFIED (1926 FOR THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL (“THE IC”), SOMETHING STILL NOT TRUE TODAY FOR SOME INTERURBAN COMMUTER SYSTEMS – 1969 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – (REPOSTED) – STATE STREET – CHRISTMAS SEASON – CHICAGO THEATER AND SURROUNDINGS – BOB ELFMAN SANDWICH SHOP – THE DOG HOUSE – PULLMAN STREETCAR IN FRONT – ELEVATED VIEW LOOKING SE – NOTE THAT THEY STILL HAD STAGE SHOWS WITH A MOVIE AT THIS TIME (TRUE ONLY FOR THE REALLY BIG “MOVIE PALACES”) – HERE IT’S DUKE ELLINGTON AND SARAH VAUGHN (WOW!) – NOTE TELENEWS THEATER (ONLY NEWSREELS) ON RIGHT EDGE – THIS BECAME THE LOOP MOVIE THEATER – 1951 – EDITED FROM A HAROLD BEACH IMAGE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS CENTRAL DEPOT – MICHIGAN AVE AND 12TH STREET FACING GRANT PARK – AND SURROUNDING BUILDINGS – RAILROAD ON LOWER LEFT – NOTE AWNINGS – AERIAL LOOKING SE – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910s 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LAKE SHORE DRIVE – GROUND LEVEL – MANSIONS – TWO CARS – NOTE STREET LIGHTS – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – F W WOOLWORTH 5 AND 10 STORE – 12 N MICHIGAN AVE – “ONE OF LARGEST IN THE WORLD” – “CAFETERIA AND SODA FOUNTAIN ACCOMODATE 300” – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1929 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RAINBOW BEACH (THEN CALLED MANHATTAN BEACH) – PIER AND BUILDINGS IN DISTANCE ARE AT 75TH STREET – LOOKING NW FROM WATER NEAR NICHOLS BEACH (PRIVATE) AT 77TH STREET – 1908 Leave a comment
PHOTO – FLAT IRON ARTS BUILDING – 1579 N MILWAUKEE AVE – MILWAUKEE AND NORTH AND DAMEN – WICKER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD – AERIAL PANORAMA WITH DOWNTOWN SKYLINE IN DISTANCE – EVENING – A GORGEOUS IMAGE – 2010 – EDITED FROM DAVID HOROWITZ Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – LOOKING W GROUND LEVEL FROM ABOUT A BLOCK AND A HALF E OF STATE STREET – YELLOW CAB PULLED UP ON LEFT – TRAILWAYS BUS STATION – 20 E RANDOLPH – TWA SIGN AT STATE – ANDES CANDIES – WALGREENS – c1960 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – STATE STREET AT WASHINGTON – SLIGHTLY ELEVATED VIEW – VERY BIG CROWD – LOOKS LIKE CHRISTMAS SEASON BUT THE DECORATIONS ON THE TOP OF POLE LEFT OF CENTER ARE RATHER SUBDUED – MARSHALL FIELD’S ON LEFT – DOUBLE-DECKER BUS CHICAGO MOTOR COACH COMPANY ON RIGHT – WALGREENS DRUGSTORE IN DISTANCE – 1940s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – SEE COMMENTS ABOUT “HAPPY FEELING” OF THIS IMAGE 2 comments
PHOTO – CHICAGO – VAN BUREN AND WABASH – CROWD CROSSING THE STREET UNDER THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE – NOTE FRED POTTHAST RESTAURANT – UNITED CIGARS STORE – STREETCAR TRACKS – STOPLIGHT ON LEFT – 1940 – EDITED FROM A JOHN VACHON IMAGE 1 comment
CHICAGO – PHOTO – CHICAGO – COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON SE CORNER OF 71ST STREET AND BENNETT AVE SOUTH SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD – AN ELABORATE PEDIMENT STRUCTURE WITH THE BUILDING’S DATE FROM THE HEYDAY OF CHICAGO’S BRICK AND TERRA COTTA TRIM BUILDINGS – NOTE: BRICK AND TERRACOTTA CONSTRUCTION FEATURED IN A GREAT MANY OF THE CITY’S NEIGHBORHOOD APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND SHOPPING STREET STORES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND MOVIE THEATERS OF THE 1920s – THERE IS ALSO A SMALLER BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTO YOU CAN FIND ON THE SITE SHOWING THE ENTIRE BUILDING – EDITED FROM AN IMAGE BY DEBBIE MERCER – IMAGE DATE UNKNOWN Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – JEFFERY THEATER – 1952 E 71 ST SOUTH SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD – AUDITORIUM INTERIOR – A WONDERFUL FIND – WE ALREADY HAVE A LOBBY PHOTO OF THE JEFFERY ON THE SITE – NOTE: THE AVALON WAS MY FAVORITE OF OUR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD “MOVIE PALACES” BUT THE JEFFERY WAS A CLOSE SECOND – JUST A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE GOING TO ONE OF THESE PLACES FOR A DOUBLE FEATURE AND GETTING A BIG CONTAINER OF FRESHLY-POPPED BUTTERED POPCORN (THE BUTTER MELTED, THE REAL STUFF, DRIZZLED ON AND IF YOU WANTED MORE YOU ONLY HAD TO ASK) – THE THEATER LOBBIES ALWAYS HAD BIG POPPING MACHINES ATTENDED AT THE CANDY COUNTER AND YOU COULD HEAR IT AND SMELL IT AS NEW BATCHES WERE PERIODICALLY MADE – MAYBE YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE A CANDY BAR OF WHICH THERE WAS A HUGE CHOICE IN THOSE DAYS – THE ATMOSPHERE WITH HIGHLY THEATRICAL LIGHTING AND ROMANTIC ARCHITECTURE WAS SO EXCITING AND MYSTERIOUS MAKING “GOING TO THE MOVIES” A SPECIAL EVENT – THE CITY HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF SUCH THEATERS (PLUS MANY MORE MODEST ONES) BOTH DOWNTOWN AND IN NEIGHBORHOODS SO IT WAS POSSIBLE TO HAVE QUITE A CHOICE OF THE “SHOW” YOU WERE GOING TO SEE AT ANY TIME – TRULY LIKE NOTHING AROUND TODAY – THE MOVIE MULTIPLEXES TODAY ARE PRETTY STERILE-LOOKING BY COMPARISON WITH NO ROMANTIC ATMOSPHERE OR LIGHTING AND GENERALLY HAVE A SINGLE MOVIE PLUS TONS OF ADS (THERE WERE NONE TO SPEAK OF IN THE 1950s AND 1960s EXCEPT A PREVIEW OF NEXT WEEK’S SHOW) – THE POPCORN ISN’T EVEN FRESHLY-POPPED NOW (GENERALLY PRE-POPPED IN BAGS, OFTEN RATHER DRY AND STALE) – ARCHITECTURAL PHOTO LIKELY DATES TO OPENING AS A VAUDEVILLE THEATER IN 1924 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – “WITH NORTH SHORE SKYLINE” – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING W – BIG CROWD – NICE VERSION – 1961 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE HOTEL – LA SALLE AND MADISON – ENTRANCE AREA – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING S – NIGHT AND LIGHTS – CARS AND PEDESTRIANS – WATERCOLOR PAINTING – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE CHICAGO TEMPLE – FIRST METHODIST CHURCH – CLARK AND WASHINGTON – THE SKYSCRAPER CHURCH – ELEVATED THREE-QUARTER VIEW – FOR CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – TINTED – 1934 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – CHINESE PAGODA AT MINERAL SPRING – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – MONUMENT WITH LADY LIBERTY AND INDIANS AND A BUFFALO – A HANDSOME GROUP BUT I IMAGINE THE INDIANS MIGHT HAVE SOME OBJECTIONS – TINTED – REALLY NICE VERSION – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILSON AND COMPANY PACKERS – CHAMPION SIX-HORSE TEAM FROM THE UNION STOCK YARDS – TERRACE AND ROOF GARDEN RESTAURANT IN BACKGROUND FOR CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – OVERLOOKED MIDWAY AND LAKE – 1933-4 Leave a comment
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POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING NE TOWARDS LAKE FROM OVER W END OF THE MIDWAY – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1941 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AETNA DISTRIBUTORS – 4600 W BELLE PLAINE – AETNA’S 1961 WHOLESALE CATALOG – 1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 71ST STREET AND JEFFERY – SOUTH SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD – ILLINOIS CENTRAL ELECTRIC COMMUTER STATION AND TRAIN (THE “IC”) – CROWD ON STATION STAIRS – NOTE TRAIN GATES DOWN FOR JEFFERY TRAFFIC – JEFFERY THEATER – 1955 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – 71ST STREET – SOUTH SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD – ILLINOIS CENTRAL COMMUTER TRAIN (THE “IC”) – NOTE TRAIN GATES DOWN FOR SIDE STREET – SOME STORES – PEDESTRIANS – I DON’T RECOGNIZE EXACT LOCATION – THERE ARE NO LANDMARKS AND THE STREET SIGNS ARE NOT LEGIBLE BUT IT IS UNMISTAKABLY 71ST STREET – 1968 – EDITED FROM UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – SEE HELPFUL READER COMMENT ABOUT LOCATION 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – VINE RESTAURANT – 614 W NORTH – CORNER STREET LEVEL VIEW – DINE AND DANCE – NOTE: 100% AIR CONDITIONED SIGN – TINTED – REALLY NICE VERSION – 1939 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NAVY PIER – 600 E GRAND – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING E – NOTE: NOT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO YET (1945-65) – GARDENS – PARKED CARS – 3300 FEET LONG – BUILT 1916 AS MUNICIPAL PLEASURE PIER – TINTED – EARLY 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAY LINE BUS TOURS – BUSES LINED UP WITH SKYLINE BACKGROUND AND EDGE OF LAKE – “REALLY SEE CHICAGO” – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – SKYLINE ON LAKE MICHIGAN – PANORAMA FROM WATER LOOKING NW (MAINLY W) – BOATS IN HARBOR – BUILDINGS ON MICHIGAN AVE AND RANDOLPH STREET IN DISTANCE – PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – 1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MARSHALL FIELD AND COMPANY DEPARTMENT STORE – READING AND WRITING AND REST ROOMS – THIRD FLOOR – “SEND LETTERS TELEGRAMS CABLES – CHECK TIME TABLES – BUY THEATER TICKETS AND TRAVEL CHEQUES” – c1930 – NOTE: THE BIG DEPARTMENT STORES IN THOSE DAYS WERE LIKE CITIES WITHIN A CITY – ALMOST ANY SERVICE YOU CAN THINK OF WAS AVAILABLE AT MARSHALL FIELD’S STORE FROM WATCH AND SHOE REPAIR TO PICTURE FRAMING – FOOD SERVICES INCLUDED LUXURY BAKED GOODS AND CANDY AND SOME WINES TO A RANGE OF RESTAURANTS FROM MODEST TO LUXURIOUS – ALL THAT IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN LINES OF GOODS SUCH AS CLOTHES SEWING NOTIONS SHOES TOYS FURNITURE CARPETS DISHES BOOKS JEWELRY DECORATIVE ITEMS FANCY GIFTS – THEY WERE AMAZING PLACES UP THROUGH THE 1960s – SEE READER COMMENT AND MY RESPONSE FOR MORE INFORMATION 5 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MISS LINDQUIST CAFE – THE BROADVIEW HOTEL – 5540 S HYDE PARK BLVD (NOTE: E AND W HYDE PARK BLVD ARE 51ST STREET) – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – SMORGASBORD – REALLY NICE VERSION – c1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – TOUR CAR-TRAIN LOADED WITH PEOPLE – BIG FARE SIGN – CARD CALLED “ALL ABOARD” – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK BEACH – PANORAMA OF BEACH AND WATER FROM UNDER TREES – PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – c1964 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JIM FONG CHOP SUEY TAKE-OUT – 2931 W TOUHY – OWNER STANDING IN ENTRANCE AREA HOLDING TAKE-OUT MENU – “BEST IN THE MIDWEST” – 1975 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BEE HIVE LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING COMPANY – STREET IMAGE OF PLANT AND PARKED TRUCK – CUSTOMER SERVICE CALL REQUEST CARD – FREE POSTAGE – “WET WASH TO COMPLETE FINISH” – TINTED – c1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY – 1601 N CLARK – LINCOLN PARK – CHICAGO AND AMERICAN HISTORY – TINTED – MAYBE 1950s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – LITTLE JACK’S RESTAURANT – DIE-CUT CHILDREN’S MENU – COVER – 3175 W MADISON AT KEDZIE – 1940s OR 1950s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – LITTLE JACK’S RESTAURANT – DIE-CUT CHILDREN’S MENU – INSIDE – 3175 W MADISON AT KEDZIE – 1940s OR 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JOY LING LO RESTAURANT – 204 S STATE – SW CORNER OF ADAMS (NOTE: THIS WAS THE LOCATION OF THE ORIGINAL BERGHOFF RESTAURANT IN 1890s BEFORE IT MOVED TO 17 WEST ADAMS) – “AFTER THE SHOW” – OPEN DAY AND NIGHT – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET – FAKE NIGHT – LOOKING W FROM STATE ELEVATED – CARRIAGES – TRAMS – LIGHTED SIGNS – CALLED “NIGHT IN CHICAGO” – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UN SALUTO DAL RISTORANTE ROMA RESTAURANT – 146 STATE STREET (NOTE: ON THESE OLDER CARDS THE ADDRESSES DO NOT CORRESPOND TO CONTEMPORARY ONES – STREET NUMBERING WAS REVAMPED CLOSE TO THIS TIME) – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – TINTED – ANOTHER VERSION – 1900s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HEALTH SPOT SHOES – 163 W RANDOLPH – “WHAT DO YOUR SHOES LOOK LIKE?” – SHOE TREES FOR MEN AND WOMEN – MAYBE 1940s Leave a comment
BROCHURE – CHICAGO – SANTA FE RAILROAD’S EL CAPITAN TRAIN – CHICAGO-LOS ANGELES DAILY – 1938-1971 – FRONT AND GENERAL INFORMATION – 1961 Leave a comment
BROCHURE – CHICAGO – SANTA FE RAILROAD’S EL CAPITAN TRAIN – CHICAGO-LOS ANGELES DAILY – 1938-1971 – FOOD SERVICE INFORMATION – 1961 Leave a comment
BROCHURE – CHICAGO – SANTA FE RAILROAD’S EL CAPITAN TRAIN – CHICAGO-LOS ANGELES DAILY – 1938-1971 – SCHEDULE AND STOPS – 1961 Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – INTERMISSION RESTAURANT – 17 W RANDOLPH – “TIME FOR A SNACK” – COVER – MAYBE 1950s Leave a comment
MENU – CHICAGO – INTERMISSION RESTAURANT – 17 W RANDOLPH – “TIME FOR A SNACK” – INSIDE – MAYBE 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRIANON BALLROOM – COTTAGE GROVE AT 62ND – “WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BALLROOM” – LIGHTS TURNED DOWN ON DANCE FLOOR -1935 – NOTE: ALL THE PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT BUILDINGS (MOVIE THEATERS, BALLROOMS, DEPARTMENT STORES) OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY IN CHICAGO HAD A REAL GRANDEUR WE JUST DO NOT SEE ANYMORE Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRIANON BALLROOM – COTTAGE GROVE AT 62ND – “WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BALLROOM” – LIGHTS TURNED ON DANCE FLOOR – NICE VERSION – 1935 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRIANON BALLROOM – INTERIOR OF GRAND SALON – COTTAGE GROVE AT 62ND STREET – TINTED – NICE VERSION – MAYBE 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – TRIANON BALLROOM – LOBBY AND GRAND STAIRWAY – COTTAGE GROVE AT 62ND STREET – TINTED – NICE VERSION – MAYBE 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PORTION OF SKYLINE – FEATURING MARINA CITY WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS – LOOKING S – FROM N OF CHICAGO RIVER – TWILIGHT – c1965 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN STANDING BY PROPS IN STUDIO PORTRAIT – THE UNION POSTAL STUDIO – 4639 S ASHLAND AVE – 1918 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GIMBEL’S RESTAURANT – 30 W RANDOLPH – LOUNGE INTERIOR – TINTED – VERY NICE VERSION – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK BAY – FEW PEOPLE BY WATER FRONT – DORY-TYPE BOAT MOORED NEAR UNKNOWN BUILDING – TINTED – 1900s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WEST SIDE BALL PARK – BOUNDED BY POLK TAYLOR WOOD AND LINCOLN – PANORAMA – PLAYERS WARMING UP – BIG CROWD IN STANDS – CHICAGO CUBS – TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GARFIELD PARK – LOOKING E ON WASHINGTON BLVD – WEST SIDE PARK – 187 ACRES – TINTED – 1914 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AUDITORIUM HOTEL – S MICHIGAN AND CONGRESS – GROUND CORNER VIEW – A LOUIS SULLIVAN BUILDING BUILT 1889 – THEY DID SOME RENOVATIONS IN THE YEAR OF THIS CARD (1921) WHICH THE CARD BACK HIGHLIGHTED – NOTE THE BALCONY RESTAURANT ON MICHIGAN ABOVE THE ENTRANCE ARCHES – IT LOOKED OUT ON GRANT PARK – TINTED – VERY NICE VERSION – 1921 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK – ELECTRIC TOWER AND BAND STAND – FAKE NIGHT – 63RD STREET AND SOUTH PARK AVE – NOTE: THE NAME “WHITE CITY” WAS TAKEN FROM THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD’S FAIR IN HYDE PARK – THE FAIR HAD THE WORLD’S FIRST FERRIS WHEEL AND OTHER AMUSEMENTS AND WAS VERY POPULAR – THE AMUSEMENT PARK HOPED TO GAIN FROM THE NAME – IT OPENED IN 1905 AND WAS POPULAR – IT STARTED HAVING TROUBLE IN THE 1930s AND WAS CONDEMNED IN 1939 – ITS PROPERTY BECAME THE SITE OF A HOUSING PROJECT IN THE 1950s – TINTED – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BLACKSTONE LIBRARY – 4904 S LAKE PARK – KENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD – LIBRARY OPENED 1904 – REALLY NICE VERSION – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLOSIMO’S RESTAURANT AND NIGHT CLUB – 2126 S WABASH – DINING ROOM AND STAGE – A LAVISH PLACE NOTED FOR MAFIA ASSOCIATIONS (NOTE THAT IN CHICAGO THE NAME TRADITIONALLY USED FOR THE MAFIA IS “THE OUTFIT”) – SHOW WITH “COLOSIMO’S CUTIES” – “LARGEST ELEVATING DANCE FLOOR” – “BIG JIM” OPENED A SALOON IN 1909 AT ANOTHER LOCATION – HE SHORTLY MOVED HERE INTO WHAT WAS A SMALL HOTEL CALLED THE HARMON – HE REMODELLED IT INTO A REAL SHOWPLACE IN 1913 – IN 1920 “BIG JIM” WAS SHOT IN HIS RESTAURANT – THE RESTAURANT CONTINUED IN VARIOUS FORMS UNTIL ABOUT 1960 – WE CAN SEE HERE THAT IN THE MID-1940s IT WAS STILL A REAL SHOWPLACE – TINTED – 1944 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO YACHT CLUB HOUSE – GRANT PARK FRONT – AERIAL LOOKING E TOWARDS LAKE – LOTS OF PEOPLE – LOOKS LIKE A BIG EVENT WITH LOTS OF BOATS BEHIND – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO’S PICASSO – CIVIC CENTER PLAZA – 50 W WASHINGTON – BUILDING OPENED IN 1965 – SCULPTURE ADDED IN THE YEAR OF THIS CARD (1967) – THE SPECIAL COR-TEN STEEL USED GRADUALLY WEATHERS FROM THE BRIGHT COLOR SEEN HERE TO A TEXTURED PURPLISH DEEP BROWN – 1967 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DREXEL BLVD – GROUND LEVEL VIEW DOWN STREET – BUILDINGS BEHIND TREES – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DEARBORN STREET – S FROM MONROE – ELEVATED VIEW – HEAVILY TINTED – 1900s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL PLANTERS – 19 N CLARK – ELEVATED THREE-QUARTER STREET VIEW – ONE CAR PARKED – GREATEST VALUE HOTEL – TINTED – c1940 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OLYMPIA FIELDS COUNTRY CLUB – INTERIOR LOUNGE ROOM – OLYMPIA FIELDS IS A FAIRLY FAR SOUTH SUBURB – CLUB HOUSE BUILT 1924 – TINTED – c1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AIRWAYS FIREPROOFING – DUCTWORK CLEANED – “WHEN GREASE STARTS TO DRIP” – CARTOON OF RESTAURANT KITCHEN WITH DRIPPING GREASE – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MASSAGIC SHOE STORE – STORE IN LA SALLE HOTEL – 160 W MADISON – AIR CUSHION SHOES – X-RAY FITTING – $6.95 TO $7.50 – TINTED – 1941 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MATH IGLER’S CASINO – 1627-29 MELROSE – HALF BLOCK N OF LINCOLN AND BELMONT – W OF LINCOLN – CHICAGO’S GAYEST NIGHT SPOT – FEATURING ART KOCH PIANIST – MUSIC UNTIL 4 AM – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – BOATHOUSE AND LANDING – WATER LEVEL VIEW – SMALL AWNING-COVERED PLEASURE BOAT WAITING – SOME PEOPLE STANDING – TINTED – 1919 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – EVANSTON POSTCARD CLUB – MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT CARD – LOVELY FRENCH NUDE DRAWING – 1970s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ASHLAND BLVD – GROUND LEVEL – GRACIOUS TREE-LINED NEIGHBORHOOD – NOTE STONE BLOCKS FOR GETTING IN AND OUT OF CARRIAGES LOWER LEFT – TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BENNERT’S CAFE – 80 E JACKSON BLVD – CARTOON OF BOY AND GIRL AND DOG EATING AT TABLE WITH TABLECLOTH AND FLOWERS – “THERE AIN’T AGOIN TO BE NO LEAVINS” – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT BUILDING – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL – STATE AND SUPERIOR – PART OF CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – 1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LANE HIGH SCHOOL – DIVISION AND SEDGWICK – STREET LEVEL THREE-QUARTER VIEW – CROWD OF PEOPLE IN FRONT- OPENED 1908 -TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – BREVOORT HOTEL – CRYSTAL TAP – MADISON E OF LA SALLE – MAYBE 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE GEORGIAN HOTEL – ALBERT PICK HOTEL – HINMAN AND DAVIS – WATERCOLOR DRAWING – EVANSTON – CRYSTAL DINING ROOM – DUNCAN HINES RECOMMEND – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – QUALITY MARKET – 6102 MILWAUKEE AVE – WEEKLY SPECIALS AND DELIVERY – 1952 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BUSH TEMPLE – 108 W CHICAGO AVE AT N CLARK STREET – NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS – NOTE AWNINGS ALONG SIDEWALK – BUSH AND GERTS PIANO COMPANY – BUILT 1901 – STREETCAR – SLIGHTLY ELEVATED VIEW – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – C W GILSON RESTAURANT – 535 S LASALLE – AT HARRISON – INTERIOR – STAFF ALL LINED UP IN LONG WHITE APRONS – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DREXEL SQUARE – JUST S OF E 51ST BETWEEN COTTAGE GROVE AVE AND DREXEL BLVD – FOUNTAIN – DOUBLE-DECKER BUS – TINTED – 1925 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK ZOO – TWO BABY ELEPHANTS – CHARMING IMAGE – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – LOVER’S LANE – GROUND LEVEL – I WILL SERIES (NOTE: “I WILL” IS THE CITY MOTTO) – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL LA SALLE – NE CORNER LA SALLE AND MADISON – THE GRAND BALLROOM – INTERIOR – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – BUILDINGS ALONG LEXINGTON AVE – MANDEL HALL – HUTCHINSON TOWER – REYNOLDS CLUB – BARLETT GYMNASIUM – HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1914 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DUTCH VILLAGE – AERIAL VIEW – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CAFE VENICE – 339 WABASH AVE – ARTWORK – “SPLENDID ITALIAN DINNERS” – “AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE AUDITORIUM” – c1960 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BISMARCK HOTEL – BISMARCK INN (NIGHTCLUB) – 128 N LA SALLE – NIGHTLY FUN FESTIVAL OF SONG – AROUND THE CORNER FROM CINERAMA – CARTOON OF BAND AND CUSTOMERS – 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HEINLY’S RESTAURANT – NE CORNER DEARBORN AND MONROE – “THREE ENTRANCES” – “CHICAGO’S HIGH CLASS RESTAURANT” – MODERATE PRICES – SEVEN COURSE DINNER SIXTY CENTS – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTH MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL NEAR WATER TOWER – CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS NEAR SHOP LOWER LEFT – BUS – PALMOLIVE BUILDING – WATER TOWER – THE KIND OF IMAGE WITH THE BUS AND CROWD THAT JUST TAKES YOU BACK AS THOUGH YOU WERE THERE WALKING ALONG THE SIDEWALK – CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – c1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MADISON AND CRAWFORD AVE – STREET LEVEL LOOKING NW – A WEST SIDE SHOPPING DISTRICT – THREE SISTERS STORE AND WALGREEN’S DRUG STORE – c1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL – CLARK AND JACKSON BLVD – THREE-QUARTERS VIEW SOMEWHAT ELEVATED FROM GROUND – SOME PEDESTRIANS – CARRIAGE – TINTED – REALLY NICE VERSION – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – NORTHERLY ISLAND AND LAGOON WITH SOME OF CITY BEHIND – AERIAL PANORAMA – BLIMP AND SHADOW LOWER LEFT – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AMERICAN MUSIC HALL – VAUDEVILLE – THREE-QUARTER VIEW STREET LEVEL – ADDRESS UNKNOWN – SEE HELPFUL READER COMMENTS ABOUT LOCATION – TINTED – 1910s 5 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – EXCURSION STEAMER LEAVING FOR A LAKE TRIP – TUG BOAT – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL – EARLIER VICTORIAN CAMPUS OF BUILDINGS – ADDRESS UNKNOWN – AERIAL PANORAMA -TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1912 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOUGLAS PARK – 1401 S SACRAMENTO DRIVE – HAVLICEK MONUMENT – VERY NICE VERSION – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRAND BLVD FROM 35TH STREET – SLIGHTLY ELEVATED VIEW – CROWD OF CARRIAGES AND PEDESTRIANS AND A BICYCLE – NOTE STREET LIGHT – TINTED – c1910 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – BUILDINGS ON RANDOLPH AND MICHIGAN IN BACKGROUND – CITY BEAUTIFUL SERIES – c1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL ATLANTIC – CLARK NEAR JACKSON BLVD – LOBBY – 450 ROOMS – 300 WITH BATH – TWO DOLLARS A DAY AND UP – TINTED – MAYBE 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – BOATHOUSE WITH MANY SMALL BOATS – PART OF I WILL SERIES – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MCKINLEY PARK – W 37TH AND S ROBEY AND W 39TH AT S WESTERN BLVD AND ARCHER AVE – CROWD OF BOYS PLAYING IN LARGE WADING POOL – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN BLVD – LOOKING N FROM 22ND STREET GROUND LEVEL – PARKED CAR AND YOUNG MAN ON LEFT – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – MADISON AND CLARK – TERRACE GARDEN RESTAURANT – WOMAN ICE SKATER WEARING BALLET-LIKE OUTFIT IN DANCE POSE – HOME OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST ICE SKATERS – OPENED 1925 RAZED 1965 – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PEOPLES GAS BUILDING – 122 S MICHIGAN AT ADAMS – LOBBY INTERIOR – OPENED 1911 – TINTED – 1914 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – PLAZA HOTEL – NORTH AVE AND N CLARK – LOBBY AND OFFICE INTERIOR – OVERLOOKING LINCOLN PARK AND LAKE MICHIGAN – 600 ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATH – NEW FURNISHED ROOM WITH BATH $1.50 A DAY – TINTED – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE CHICAGO TEMPLE (SKYSCRAPER CHURCH) – FIRST METHODIST – CLARK AND WASHINGTON – CIVIC CENTER BEHIND BUILT WITH COR-TEN (WEATHERING) STEEL – 1970 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WILSON SCHOOL OF MUSIC – 6255 KIMBARK AVE – ALMA WILSON MCMAHILL – 1950 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – BOAT LANDING – STEAMER FERRY LANDED – LINCOLN PARK BOAT LINE – HUGE CROWD ON SHORE – TINTED – REALLY NICE VERSION – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ARAGON BALLROOM – 1106 W LAWRENCE – INTERIOR – OPENED 1926 – MANY BIG BANDS PLAYED HERE – 20 000 SQUARE FEET OF THE FINEST DANCE FLOOR IN THE WORLD – THE CLOUDS ON THE CEILING WOULD MOVE ACROSS THE STARS – TINTED – 1940s 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – AUDITORIUM HOTEL – S MICHIGAN AVE AND CONGRESS – A LOUIS SULLIVAN BUILDING – COMPLETED 1889 – LOBBY WITH OFFICE – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BREVOORT HOTEL – 120 W MADISON STREET E OF LA SALLE – OPENED 1906 AS SECOND LARGER HOTEL OF THAT NAME – PRIVATE DINING ROOM -TINTED – 1946 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – BELGIAN VILLAGE EXHIBIT – PEOPLE WALKING – TINTED – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO METHODIST TEMPLE – 77 W WASHINGTON – SKYSCRAPER CHURCH – OPENED 1924 – SANCTUARY INTERIOR – ORGAN HAS 6300 PIPES – NOONDAY ORGAN MEDITATIONS DAILY – CHURCH OPEN EVERY DAY FOR MEDITATION AND PRAYER – NICE VERSION Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLISEUM – 15TH AND WABASH – INTERIOR – ELECTRICAL SHOW – HUGE LIGHT DISPLAY ON TENTED CEILING – TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COMMERCIAL AVE- SOUTH CHICAGO – LOOKING N – THE HEAVY TINTING MAKES IT LOOK A BIT LIKE A UTRILLO PAINTING – NOTE: SOUTH CHICAGO WAS AN AREA OF HEAVY INDUSTRY SUCH AS STEEL MILLS – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CONTINENTAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK BUILDING – ADAMS S LA SALLE QUINCY AND FIFTH AVE – THREE-QUARTERS SLIGHTLY ELEVATED GROUND VIEW – TINTED – 1916 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DOWNTOWN AERIAL PANORAMA – LOOKING S W FROM N OF RIVER – ILLINOIS CENTRAL ON LEFT – CALLED CITY OF TOWERS – STYLIZED TINTED – 1951 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DREXEL BLVD SCENE – WOMAN WITH BABY IN CARRIAGE – SUN-DAPPLED WALKWAY – ULTIMATE IN URBAN GRACEFULNESS -TINTED – 1911 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FERNAL MANUFACTURERS – 316 W 105TH PLACE – AD FOR FERNAL RED DRAGON ELECTRICAL HEATING FURNACES – 1945 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – FIRST SUBWAY – STATE STREET – TRAIN PLATFORM AND TRAIN – NOTE: CHICAGO NEVER DID BUILD MUCH SUBWAY – IT DEPENDED, STARTING IN THE EARLY 1890s, ON THE ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT (THE “L”) – LATER IT WAS AN INNOVATOR IN BUILDING RAPID TRANSIT LINES DOWN THE CENTER MEDIANS OF EXPRESSWAYS – HOWEVER CHICAGO ALSO HAD A REMARKABLE PARALLEL SYSTEM OF REGIONAL COMMUTER RAILROADS WHICH IN PART ALSO SERVED THE CITY SINCE AT LEAST THE 1920s – MANY OF THESE WERE ELECTRIFIED FROM THE START AS THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL COMMUTER (THE “IC”) AND THE CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE AND SOUTH BEND COMMUTER (“THE SHORE LINE”) – THERE WERE SUCH COMMUTER RAILROADS FANNING OUT IN MANY DIRECTIONS (ROCK ISLAND LINE, NORTH SHORE LINE, NORTHWESTERN COMMUTER) – OF COURSE THEY WERE BASED ON THE HUGE TRACKAGE OF WHAT WAS THE WORLD’S GREATEST RAILROAD CITY FOR SOME TIME – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1947 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HALSTED STREET LIFT BRIDGE – SOUTH BRANCH CHICAGO RIVER – IN RAISED POSITION – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HENRICI’S RESTAURANT – 67-71 W RANDOLPH STREET – DINING ROOM INTERIOR – CHAIRS ARE DIFFERENT THAN LATER VERSIONS OF THE CARD – ROOM THE SAME EXCEPT CEILING STOPPED BEING PINK – TINTED – MAYBE 1930s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL SHERMAN – N W CORNER W RANDOLPH AND N CLARK STREET – THE FOURTH OF FIVE SHERMAN HOUSE HOTELS – THREE-QUARTERS VIEW ELEVATED – TINTED – 1911 – 1925 WHEN REPLACED BY STILL ANOTHER AND LARGER HOTEL SHERMAN Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ILLINOIS CENTRAL DEPOT – MICHIGAN AVE AT 12TH STREET – S END OF GRANT PARK – AERIAL PANORAMA – TINTED – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – LAKE SHORE DRIVE – LOOKING S GROUND LEVEL PEDESTRIANS SEATED ON BENCHES TOWARDS LAKE – SOME CARS – GERMAN BUILDING FROM 1893 WORLD’S FAIR IN BACKGROUND – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACKSON PARK – SCENE FROM BOAT HOUSE – PEOPLE WAITING ON PIER – SMALL PLEASURE BOAT WITH AWNING – TINTED – 1925 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JOHN G SHEDD AQUARIUM – 1200 S LAKESHORE DRIVE – TINTED – OPENED 1930 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE HOTEL – N W CORNER LA SALLE AND MADISON – PRESIDENTIAL SUITE PARLOR INTERIOR – TINTED – NICE VERSION – OPENED 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE STREET – 31ST TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE – KNIGHTS TEMPLAR – TEMPORARY ARCH OVER STREET – IT WAS A BIG AFFAIR WITH A HUGE PARADE – THERE WERE ALSO TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND DECORATIONS ON STATE STREET AND ON MICHIGAN AVE (NOTE: THERE ARE OTHER CARDS ON THE SITE ABOUT IT) – NICE VERSION – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK – LINCOLN MONUMENT BY AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LINCOLN PARK ZOO – ELEPHANT BATHING IN POOL – CROWD BEHIND – TINTED – NICE VERSION – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL PARK AT BROOKFIELD – THE ELEPHANTS – LARGEST COLLECTION OF LARGE LAND ANIMALS IN THE WORLD – TINTED – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE – DINING ROOM – PACKED WITH PEOPLE – WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN – NICE VERSION – TINTED – MAYBE 1920s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MORRISON HOTEL – MADISON AND CLARK – A DELUXE BEDROOM – HOTEL OF PERFECT SERVICE – 1944 OUTSIDE ROOMS WITH BATH – 3400 ROOMS WHEN COMPLETED – $2.50 PER NIGHT AND UP – TINTED – OPENED 1925 – RAZED 1965 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – THEN TEMPORARILY FIELD MUSEUM UNTIL NEW BUILDING BUILT – HAD BEEN ART GALLERY FOR 1893 WORLD’S FAIR – SOUTH FACE BY LAGOON – BOATERS – DRAMATIC DARK TINT – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY – THEN TEMPORARILY FIELD MUSEUM – HAD BEEN ART GALLERY FOR THE 1893 WORLD’S FAIR – SOUTH-FACING SIDE ON LAGOON – JACKSON PARK WITH 540 ACRES – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – NORTHWESTERN PASSENGER STATION – MADISON STREET ON W SIDE OF RIVER – CITY’S LARGEST AND FINEST WHEN OPENED – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – OAK STREET BEACH – LOOKING W GROUND LEVEL TOWARDS GOLD COAST SKYLINE – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL FROM ADAMS – MOUNTED POLICEMAN IN FOREGROUND – BIG CROWDS WALKING – TINTED – c1920 1 comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 